Amazon Ecology (Part 1): Use and insect ecology of copal resin in the Peruvian Amazon

[marvasc]

Good to see you again, even if it's on youtube, I liked to know the Curculionidae is important to expose the rosin resins for the bees. Cheers, Giorgio.

[amazonecology]

Thank you for the compliments on the video and our work. It's so interesting to learn that you and other midwives have used liquid Mexican copal to help seal newborn cord stumps. Are you still looking for a source for this material? It would be very helpful to the communities we work with to find another market. We would welcome more information (and any images) about the origin of this practice, current use, species of copal used and method of harvest and preparation. Thanks, Campbell

[josanpu]

Thank You! The video was excellent! I use mexican copal resin in liquid form for newborn cord stumps, to aid in sealing/healing/antisepsis, using a product obtained from a Mexican midiwife friend. I stumbled across your info. whille looking for a new source for the midwifery product. Keep up the interesting work!